Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Earlier in his career, he primarily played as a wide midfielder; he later switched to a central midfield role. He is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, due to his tactical awareness, positioning, passing and also due to his ability to read and control the flow of the game. Former Germany national team manager Joachim Löw has referred to Schweinsteiger as one of the greatest players the country has ever produced.
In the sport of association football, fouls and misconduct are acts committed by players which are deemed by the referee to be unfair and are subsequently penalised. An offence may be a foul, misconduct or both depending on the nature of the offence and the circumstances in which it occurs. Fouls and misconduct are addressed in Law 12 of the Laws of the Game. A foul is an unfair act by a player, deemed by the referee to contravene the game's laws, that interferes with the active play of the game. Fouls are punished by the award of a free kick to the opposing team. A list of specific offences that can be fouls are detailed in Law 12 of the Laws of the Game ; these mostly concern unnecessarily aggressive physical play and the offence of handling the ball. An infringement is classified as a foul when it meets all the following conditions:
- It is committed by a player ;
- It occurs on the field of play;
- It occurs while the ball is in play;
- It is committed against an opponent.
Penalty cards are used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official. Penalty cards are most commonly used by referees or umpires to indicate that a player has committed an offense. The official will hold the card above their head while looking or pointing toward the player who has committed the offense. This action makes the decision clear to all players, as well as spectators and other officials in a manner that is language-neutral. The colour or shape of the card used by the official indicates the type or seriousness of the offence and the level of punishment that is to be applied. Yellow and red cards are the most common, typically indicating, respectively, cautions and dismissals.
The knockout phase of UEFA Euro 2008 began with the quarter-finals on 19 June 2008, and was completed on 29 June 2008 with the final at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna.
The following article outlines statistics for UEFA Euro 1996, which took place in England from 8 to 30 June 1996. Goals scored during penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
In the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players comes in the form of red and yellow cards.
These are the statistics for the UEFA Euro 2012, which took place in Poland and Ukraine.
These are the statistics for the Euro 2004 in Portugal.
These are the statistics for UEFA Euro 2000, held in Belgium and Netherlands.
These are the statistics for the Euro 1992 in Sweden.
In the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players comes in the form of red and yellow cards.
The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. Group I consisted of five teams: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Armenia, and Albania, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. Group G consisted of six teams: Russia, Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova, and Liechtenstein, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The play-offs of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament decided the final four teams which qualified for the UEFA Euro 2016 final tournament. Eight teams, each of which finished third in their qualifying group were paired and contested in four ties, with the winner of each pair qualifying for the final tournament. Each of the four ties were played over two home-and-away legs with the four winners found according to the standard rules for the knockout phase in European competitions. The matches took place between 12 and 17 November 2015.
The following article outlines statistics for UEFA Euro 2016, which took place in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Goals scored during penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are considered draws.
The following article outlines statistics for Copa América Centenario, which took place in the United States from 3 to 26 June 2016.
Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was split into ten groups of national teams. Group A was played between 22 March and 17 November 2019 and featured five teams with the top two teams qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. The group consisted of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Kosovo and Montenegro. Teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
Group B of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group B consisted of five teams: Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Serbia and Ukraine, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The following article outlines statistics for UEFA Euro 2020, which took place across Europe from 11 June to 11 July 2021 after being postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Goals scored during penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are considered draws.
Group D of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group D consists of five teams: Armenia, Croatia, Latvia, Turkey and Wales. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
Ivica Vastić 
Luka Modrić 
Jan Koller 
Thierry Henry 
Philipp Lahm 
Angelos Charisteas 
Daniele De Rossi 
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 
Roger Guerreiro 
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Dmitri Torbinski 
Rubén de la Red 
Petter Hansson 
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